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AlAl--Qaeda IraqQaeda Iraq

Abu Ayyub alAbu Ayyub al--MasriMasriAQI LeaderAQI Leader——EgyptianEgyptian

•• AlAl--Qaeda senior leaders envision Iraq as Qaeda senior leaders envision Iraq as first step towards Islamic Caliphatefirst step towards Islamic Caliphate

•• Leaders are mainly foreign bornLeaders are mainly foreign born

•• Fighters are mainly IraqiFighters are mainly Iraqi

•• 90 percent of suicide bombers are 90 percent of suicide bombers are foreign terroristsforeign terrorists

•• Ideology describes Taliban vision for IraqIdeology describes Taliban vision for Iraq

•• Strategy: Indiscriminate violence to reStrategy: Indiscriminate violence to re--ignite ignite ethnoethno--sectarian conflictsectarian conflict

•• Tactics: car bombs, suicide attacks, Tactics: car bombs, suicide attacks, executions, torture, beheadings, andexecutions, torture, beheadings, andamputationsamputations

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Ar Rutbah

Tall AfarIrbil

Kirkuk

Tikrit

Samarra

Karbala

An Najaf

As Samawah

An Nasiriyah

Al Kut

Al Amarah

Al Basrah

BAGHDAD

Mosul

Baqubah

Diwaniyah

Ar Ramadi

Al Qaeda in IraqDecember 2006

Al Qa’im

Fallujah

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AQI operations during the period 2-8 March 2007as reflected in

captured document

Crusaders Killed

Shia Militia KilledNumber of OPs

Gov’t Supporters Killed1111

Sniper ops

Rocket/RPG launchTanks & carriers

Centers & hideoutsMartyr ops

Downing of aircraftDestruction of equipment

Firefights & trapsUnder control of ISI

Areas of Turks and RejectionistsProminent OP of the week

Partially controlled by ISI

Captured AQI MapCaptured AQI Map

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Tall Afar Attack Tall Afar Attack –– 223 Killed Injured223 Killed Injured YazidiYazidi Attack Attack -- 796 killed/injured796 killed/injured

Patterns of Barbaric ViolencePatterns of Barbaric Violence

Letter from AQI Letter from AQI ‘‘courtcourt’’authorizes killing of authorizes killing of Iraqi citizens as Iraqi citizens as ‘‘apostatesapostates’’

Numerous mass graves discovered in former al-Qaeda operating areas

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Survivors of al-Qaeda’sbombing of the Kirkuk Girls’Primary School, April 2, 2007(5 killed and 87 injured, most ofwhom were civilians)

In 2007... • 4,552 enemy attacks targeted civilians• 3,870 civilians were murdered• 17,815 civilians injured due to violence

2007 High Profile Explosions2007 High Profile Explosions

Violence Against the Iraqi PeopleViolence Against the Iraqi People

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Al-Qaeda Torture Manual Captured in May

Torture and Murder

Patterns of Barbaric ViolencePatterns of Barbaric Violence

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Iraqi Security ForcesIraqi Security Forces continue to grow, to develop their

capabilities, and to shoulder more of the burden of providing security for their country.

Currently, 567,668 Iraqi’s under arms in the Ministries of Interior and Defense• Grew by more than 106,000• $2.85 billion worth of equipment supplies through Foreign Military Sales

Some 140 Iraqi Security Force Battalions in the fight • About 122 battalions capable of leading operations• All Iraqi battalions involved in combat operations• Increasingly the first line of defense• Losses 3 times those of the Coalition

Iraq spent more on its security than it received in security assistance from the United States in 2007

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Concerned Local CitizensGrassroots volunteer movement by Iraqi citizens and tribes to reject extremists

Organized to support Iraqi and Coalition Security Forces – bridges current gaps

More than 130 separate Concerned Local Citizen groups throughout Iraq

Over 80,000 active members

All screened and vetted, majority are paid volunteers

Under full control of local Iraqi Security or Coalition Forces

Some 25-30% want to become full time members of the uniformed Iraqi Security Forces, remainder will be offered job skill training, education and employment placement in public and private sector

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The Main FocusProgress depends on squeezing al-Qaeda Iraq from

every direction and with every possible means.

Conventional Forces

Counter-Terrorist Forces

Iraqi Security Forces

Iraqi Civilian Volunteers

Political Engagement

Provincial Reconstruction Teams

Regional Support to Stop Foreign Terrorists

Ministerial Assistance to Iraq

Interdicting Enemy Funding

Economic Development

Fusion of Intel

Regional Engagement

Information Operations

Support to Moderate Religious Leaders

Tribal Leaders Job Creation

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HaythemHaythem Sabah Shaker Mahmud alSabah Shaker Mahmud al--BadriBadri

Killed

Emir of Greater Samarra

Senior Iraqi in the al-Qaeda Iraq Network

Khalid al Khalid al MashadaniMashadani

Convicted by Iraqi Court and

Sentenced to Death

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Killed

Killed

Abu Abu UsamaUsama alal--TunisiTunisi

Emir of the Southern Belt

MuthannaMuthanna

Emir of Iraq/Syrian border

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Foreign Terrorist Bio Lists of Terrorists Suicide Pledge

Role of Foreign Terrorists: Role of Foreign Terrorists: The The SinjarSinjar PapersPapers

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Killed

Abu Abu YaqubYaqub al al MasriMasri

Member of Original Leadership of Al-Qaeda Iraq

UmarUmar WahdallahWahdallah DodDod alal--ZanganaZangana

Baghdad Military Emir

Convicted by Iraqi Court and

Sentenced to Death

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Ar Rutbah

Tall AfarIrbil

Kirkuk

Karbala

An Najaf

As Samawah

An Nasiriyah

Al Kut

Al Amarah

Al Basrah

BAGHDAD

Mosul

Baqubah

Diwaniyah

Ar Ramadi

Al Qaeda in IraqDecember 2007

Al Qa’im

Fallujah

Tikrit

Samarra